I agree with John. However, as a blind person who wants to have control over what you get on the printed paper I warmheartedly recommend the use of latex. It is an editing language, originally used in Unix and Linux environments, but you can run it on a windows computer as well, either with a software called cygwin or in the windows version of latex that is called miktex. It is quite a hard learning process at the beginning but it is worth it if you really want to write beautifully without having to have the document checked by sighted persons. You can usually produce more professional layouts with it than experienced sighted Word-users can. HOwever, it is probably easier to use latex when you have both braille and speech. This said, I sometimes have to use Word as well since you work with others who want to use it, but I would never publish a Word document withouth proof reading by sighted.
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Remember that you usually here from concerned users. JAWS has thousands of satisfied users that you don't here from.----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Ingram-Gorban" <Dorothy.ingram-gorban@xxxxxxxxx>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 6:45 PM Subject: Re: latest build of JAWS 11Jaws 12? dear lord I have been sorting out some archived mail on my windows 7,using ms outlook and see the whole thing is full of worried people recovering from or scared of the next patch or last update, having sifted through several years worth of it in an afternoon it left me trembling with fear, It was a bit like a diary full of disasters what is next? Please Fs be kind to us Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited@xxxxxxxxxxx>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 9:40 PM Subject: Re: latest build of JAWS 11Seems like every time FS fixes one problem they break something else. Why can't they just leave well enough alone? What are they going to break inJAWS 12? That's why I'm still using JAWS 9. I refuse to pay for an SMA only to wind up with a program that's full of bugs. Gerald----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Moore" <donmoore@xxxxxxxxxxx>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 4:31 PM Subject: latest build of JAWS 11Hi List,I installed the latest build of JAWS 11 when it came out recently, butI noticed a problem with Microsoft Office Word 2007. When in a Word document, whenever I used the Backspace key to deletecharacter by character, JAWS would read the first character being deleted, then say Space when deleting the second character, then it would read thethird character being deleted, but say Space when deleting the fourth character, and the pattern continued.I decided to uninstall that latest build, namely J11.0.1461-32bit and Ire-installed the previous build, namely J11.0.1447-32bit and everything works fine again. I am using Windows XP, Home edition. Any thoughts on this? Don -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message tojfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.htmlIf you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, orthe way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx-- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.comJFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxTo unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfwAlternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.htmlIf you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.comVersion: 9.0.830 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2996 - Release Date: 07/11/10 07:36:00-- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.comJFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxTo unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfwAlternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.htmlIf you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx-- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.comJFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxTo unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfwAlternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.htmlIf you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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